2020-03-25 At-Large Leadership Team (ALT-PLUS) Monthly Call

At-Large Leadership Team (ALT-PLUS) Monthly Meeting

Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Time: 19:30 - 21:00 UTC. For the time in various time zones click here

Meeting Number: AL.ALT-PLUS/CC.0220/1

Real time transcription (RTT) available at: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN [streamtext.net]

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Zoom Link:  https://icann.zoom.us/j/140785024

ADIGO Passcode: 1638

Spanish Conference ID = 1738

ALT Members: Maureen Hilyard, Joanna Kulesza, Jonathan Zuck, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Humberto Carrasco 

Liaisons: Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Barrack Otieno, Andrei Kolesnikov, Yrjö Lansipuro

Regional Chairs and NomCom Reps: Seun Ojedeji, Satish Babu (apology), Sebastien Bachollet, Sergio Salinas Porto, Eduardo Diaz, Hadia Elminiawi, Amrita Choudhury, Erich Schweighofer, Tracy Hackshaw, Glenn McKnight

Former Chairs: Alan Greenberg, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Cheryl Langdon-Orr

Working Group Team Leaders/Coordinators: Ricardo Holmquist, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Daniel Nanghaka, Holly Raiche

Participants: 

EN: Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Maureen Hilyard, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Holly Raiche, Daniel Nanghaka, Marita Moll, Yrjo Lansipuro, Holly Raiche,  Joanna Kulesza, Lianna Galstyan, Andrey Kolsnikov, Barrack Otieno, Eduardo Diaz, Dave Kissoondoyal, Yrjo Lansipuro, Sebastien Bachollet, Jonathan Zuck, Alan Greenberg, Abdulkarim Oloyede,Glenn McKnight, Hadia Elminiawi, Matthias Hudobnik, Ricardo Holmquist, Seun Ojedeji, Tracy Hackshaw, Humberto Carrasco, Erich Schweighofer,

ES: Sergio Salinas Porto, 

Apologies: Sylvia Herlein Leite, Satish Babu

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber, Evin Erdoğdu, Yeşim Nazlar, Claudia Ruiz, Michelle DeSmyter

ES Interpreters: Marina & Lilian

Call Management:Michelle DeSmyter

Action Items: EN

Zoom Chat: EN        

Recording: EN, ES                     

Transcript: EN, ES

AGENDA                    

Standing Agenda Items

1.  Roll Call and Apologies – Staff (3 minutes)

2. Welcome, Adoption of Agenda and Call for Any Other Business or other Amendments – Maureen Hilyard (2 minutes)

3. Review of Action Items from 11 February 2020 ALT-Plus Meeting and the 5 March Joint ALAC and ALT-Plus Single Issue Call on ICANN67 Meeting - Maureen Hilyard (0 minutes) 

Items for Discussion

4.  ALAC Policy Activities - Evin Erdoğdu, Olivier Crepin-Leblond and Jonathan Zuck (20 minutes)

At-Large Policy Resources

At-Large Capacity Building Workshop - An Introduction to Policy Development at ICANN
2020 ALAC Policy Comments & Advice
At-Large Policy Summary
At-Large Executive Summary page
Multistakeholder Advice Development graphic
Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)

Recently Ratified by the ALAC (Since Last ALT-PLUS Meeting)

Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Draft Report
Executive Summary TBD

ALAC Feedback to PIR Public Comment Proceeding
Not an ICANN Public Comment. The Public Interest Registry (PIR) held a Public Comment proceeding on the issue of the ISOC/PIR. (8) responses were submitted on behalf the ALAC to the PIR Public Comment proceeding. 

See: Letter from Maarten Botterman regarding ALAC Advice to the Board on the ISOC/PIR issue (20 March 2020)

Draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget
Executive Summary TBD

Proposed Final Report of the New gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross Community Working Group
While several Members of the ALAC Auction Proceeds team originally preferred Mechanism B - where ICANN worked with a non-profit organization already adept in the evaluation, selection and the allocation and distribution of grant funds - ALAC consensus was arrive at for Mechanism A. (Mechanism A allows outsourcing if viewed as advantageous, and in fact ICANN often outsources parts of its responsibilities which are not core to overseeing its Bylaw-mandated responsibilities. Thus Mechanism A could end up being comparable to Mechanism B, but provided more management flexibility in deciding how the varying aspects of the project would be carried out).

The ALAC notes that presumption of the independent panel, with no connection to or control by either ICANN Org or the ICANN Board (preferably contracted to a suitable non-profit or a set of experts in the field of grant selection and allocation) is a critical part of this decision and the ALAC would strongly object and withdraw its support if that condition changes.

"At-Large Valentine" submitted to the ICANN Board regarding Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
An “At-Large Valentine”, regarding the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement, written in good faith and good humor, was submitted to the ICANN Board on 13 February 2020. Jonathan Zuck, ALAC Vice Chair for Policy and CPWG Co-Chair, drafted the letter on behalf of At-Large. ALAC Members and At-Large community members reviewed and approved the letter during the CPWG meeting on Wednesday, 12 February 2020. 

The ALAC welcomed the LOI between Verisign and ICANN as a commitment to expand efforts to identify and promulgate best practices by contracted parties to mitigate DNS Abuse. While there are many whose efforts exceed those of others, the At-Large Community believes that even more can be done both in terms of best practices and in terms of bringing along those whose practices are not the best.

Public Comment for Decision 

Proposal for Chinese Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules 20 Apr 2020 
Proposal for Bangla Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules 23 Apr 2020 

Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Comment or Correspondence)

Additional Policy Activity

• Read the Post-ICANN67 Policy Report
• Take the At-Large GeoNames Survey
• Finalization of ALAC responses to ICANN Board understanding of the ALAC Advice on DNS Abuse is in progress (outcome of ICANN67 Virtual Meeting).
• At-Large Policy Platform in progress.

5. RALO Activities and Updates -RALO Chairs from each region (10 minutes)

6.  Post ATLAS III/2020 At-Large Activities - Review and Development of Recommendations for the ALAC - Maureen Hilyard and Leads (10 minutes)

  See: Post-ATLAS III Activities

7. 2020 At-Large Priorities in the COVID-19 Environment - Maureen Hilyard/All (20 minutes)

See: At-Large Priority Activities - 2020

8. Discussion of draft At-Large Communications Strategy - Maureen/All (10 min)

See: At-Large Communications Strategy: O&E SC Sub-Team Workspace

See: At-Large Communications Strategy 2020 - Google Doc for comment

9. At-Large Review Implementation - Update and Next Steps - Maureen Hilyard and Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

a. ALS Mobilization - Update and Next Steps - Alan Greenberg 

See: ALS Mobilization Working Party

b. Next Steps toward the Final Report - Maureen Hilyard

       See: At-Large Review Implementation Plan Development

10. Feedback on ICANN67 and Priorities for ICANN68 - Maureen Hilyard (15 minutes)

a. Key takeaways for ICANN67 and feedback from SOAC Chairs

b. Key priorities for ICANN68 and Next Steps

11. Items for the ALAC Call - Heidi Ullrich (2 minutes)

12. Any other Business - Maureen Hilyard (3 minutes)